RICHMOND, Va. — A notice of violation issued by the City of Richmond has created a new obstacle in efforts to prevent a bankrupt Chesterfield landfill from becoming an environmental catastrophe.
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Bankrupt Virginia landfill poses potential environmental catastrophe
Scott Morris, head of Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities, issued the NOV on July 2 to Aqua Clean Environmental LLC, doing business as Reco Biotechnology, a private wastewater processing company located near Gilpin and Whitcomb Courts.
Aqua Clean Environmental LLC had been processing a portion of the approximately 65,000 gallons of leachate collected daily at the Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield before discharging it into the city’s wastewater system.
The notice of violation alleges the company violated its permit and city code by discharging the landfill leachate. Leachate is the liquid that results from the decomposition process, and what it contains depends on what has been dumped in the landfill over a number of years…